#2062 - upwardly mobile (the way of the possum)

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23.viii.25

upwardly mobile

the way of the possum

 

a scratch and crawl

cuddle up

day wistful

 

scuttle where

careless of our consequence

poo trail too, pissmark

 

sun shunning

take my picture please

a gesture to gestation

 

curl, scamper

knock down the self help shelf

gnaw for a moonlit sonata

 

as pictured on the box

a possum-in-arms

a possum-at-ease

 

it’s every possum

for its pelt

stinky

 

then let me call you

a whisper away

possum is climbing

 

held still to listen

ants to pick off

for piggy-back joey

 

down with the upsun, as I’ve said

is bandicoot oblivious

possum is up in the air

 

and springs!

most prey is leaf

yet vicious with each other

 

crippled with survival scars

up tumble till

a curvature called spine

 

in branch, to twig, so balance

delicate of air

face not unlike

 

sensate so

claws of a grapple

and scrap (fierce fun)

 

so few and far

a simple fact

and in the rain

 

what’s that?

possum’s tweed to it

in winter in the fur surprising

 

know these eyes and blink

an animal grief for all before

could get a wriggle on

 

ceiling, fruit basket

tail for a brush and some ring

a hiss and a growl in the den

 

the way of the possum is touch and go

a prowl

surviving so far as to dream

 

the way of the possum

is where the bird went

another dimension now

 

and the moon grows with

as heaven must up

so it is with stars